Spinning-machine.



M. P. PEDERSON.

SPINNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28. 1910.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

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SPINNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28. 1910.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES ra n. earns Parana? OFFICE.

MARINUS PEDER PEDERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPINNZfNG-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed March 28, 1910. Serial No. 551,924.

To all whom it may concern:

to machines adapted for the manipulation of' hair, and has especial reference broadly to the provision of a machine for both twisting and kinking a sliver of fibrous material during the process of such sliver through the machine.

As the said operations of first twisting andthen kinking the sliver of hair are prac- 'tised in rope-walks in the manner at present known to me, preparatory to boiling the hair rder to set the curl given the sliver by the kinking operation, as is the custom in preparing curled hair for use, as stutling for cushions, mattresses and like articles, a con siderable amount of manual labor is involved, especially in attaining a maximum amount of kinking in the twisted sliver.

The principal objects of my present invention are the provision of a machine adapted for simultaneouslyperforming both 0perationsthat is, as the sliver is drawn through the machine, not only twisting but also kinking the sliver, without any intervention of hand manipulation; a machine so characterized which will successively impart a high degree of twist and immediately thereafter a maximum amount of kink to a given portion of the sliver; one which will perform said operations with certainty, ciii: ciency and expedition, one which ,will be of low cost of construction, maintenance and operation and one which will require a minimum of attendance, care and repair.

In the accomplishment of the foregoing, as well as such other objects as may hereinafter appear, I have provided the machine illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein- Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively an enlarged side View partly in section, a transverse sectional View, and a perspective view of a fragment of the horn used by me in the operation of kinking the sliver, Fig. 5 being a view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4 and F 1g. 6 one at theside opposite to that shown in Fig. 4.

The machine consists, broadly speaking,

of the three following parts; (a) the pri-- mary twisting mechanism whereby the sliver Patented Nov. 26, 1918;

is prepared for manipulation; (b) the horn by means of which a small portion of the sliver is first momentarily partially un twisted, second, then flattened, and third finally kinked; and (0) the secondary twisting mechanism whereby the kinked sliver is tightly twisted and wound upon a reel for further treatment, if desired.

Referring nOW more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, it will be observed that in carrying out my invention, I make use of a main frame, 10, carrying at its extreme end a trumpet mouth, 11, through which the sliver, 12, passes as it is drawn through the machine, said trumpet mouth belng providedto straighten out the sliver and prevent the passage of knots and to give a primary condensation to the sliver as it comes prepared from the cording machine. Adjacent the trumpet mouth, 11, is an end less gill sheet 13 (driven in a manner to be below described) b which the sliver 12 is combed and from which it is delivered to the condenser 14.

This condenser, as is clearly to be seen on an inspection of Figs. 1 and 3, comprises a pair of oppositely disposed presser'members 15 and 16, having tapering grooves as indicated at 17 and 18 for the reception of the sliver 12, the lower member 16 being carried by an extension 19 of the framing l0 and the upper member 15 pivotally supported by a link 20 in turn carried between the ends of a lever arm 21 which is pivoted at one end 22 to a vertical support 23 and has inserted at the other end, 24, a weight 25, the purpose of this construction being that of regulating the draft or passage of the sliver 12 through the machine by maintaining a constant pressure or nip on the moving sliver, the condenser 14 automatically enlarging or contracting agreeably with the diameter and density of the sliver.

For the purposeof twisting the sliver 12 as it comes from the condenser 14, I utilize :2, twist tube 26, carried in extensions27 and 28 of the casing and itself carrying a gear wheel 29 by which it is rotated through the intermediate gears 30 driven from a plmon 31 on the main drive shaft 32.

In suitable bearings formed in extensions 28 and 33 of the casing 10, I place a flier 34 mounting removably within it a conical bobbin 35, the trunnion 36 of the flier 34 en- 'circling one end of the twist tube 26 and the trunnion 37 thereof being apertured longitudinally for the passage of the sliver.

To provide means for revolving the bobbin in the flier 34 and thereby drawing the sliver 12 through the machine, I mount on the end of the twist tube 36 extending into the flier, a gear 38 driving a gear 39 carried by the bobbin shaft40, and for the purpose of revolving the flier 34 and thereby twisting the sliver 12, I mount on the trunnion 37 thereof a pinion. 40 driven from a pinion 41 on the shaft 32 by the train of gears indicated at '42.

F or the purpose of kinking the sliver 12 as it comes from the bobbin 35 of the flier 3 by an extension 43 of the framing, 10, such kinking horn to be below-more particularly described in connection with Figs. 4, 5 and 6.

in order to put the final kink in the sliver 1:5 and gather such sliver into convenient form for such further treatment as may be desired. as boiling to set the kink, required in order to permanently curl the hair. I

1 make us of a flier 45 carrying a removable reel 46 upon which the kinked sliver is wot-ml. The trunnions 47 and 48 of the flier are "iOlllllillGCl respectively in extensions 49 and .30 of the framing 10, the trunnion 47 being apertured at 51 for the passage of the kinked sliver and carrying a pinion 52 by which toe flier is revolved by the main shaift. through a pinion 53 thereon and an intermediate gear 54, and the trunnion 48 .3 being apertured at 55 for the passage of a drive shaft 56 supported at the opposite end by the frame extension 57.

The shaft 56 is revolved by the stepped pulleys 58 and 59, (belt not shown), the latter mounted on the drive shaft 32, said shrtt 56 carrying a gear 60 within the flier 4.5, driving a gear 61 on a counter-shaft 62, at the outer end of which countershaft is a pinion 63 driving a gear 64 on the shaft 65 of the reel 46.

For the purpose of warping the kinked siiver back and forth on the reel 46, I use a traveling block 66 mounted on a rod 67 and engaging and driven by an endless double worm 68 having at one end a pinion 69 driven from a pinion 70 on the shaft 65 through an intermediate gear 71.

It will thus be noted that all the moving elements of the machine are driven from the main shaft 32 as above described, including 4-, I have provided a horn 44 supported the gill plate 13 which is carried upon rollers 72 and T3, the la ter having mounted at one end thereof a pulley wheel 74 driven through the belt 75 from the pulley 76. which is in turn mounted on a shaft 77 carrying a gear 78 driven by a pinion 79 on said shaft 32.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 4, 5 and (S of the drawing, it will be observed that the improved kinking horn 44 is preferably made in the form of a hollow curved shell, rounded, tapered and curved similarly to a cows horn, the upper part 80 corresponding to the base or larger portion be ing cut away for about 120" or one-third of its circumference and about one-half of its length dian'ietrically and diagonally op posite to the portion corresponding1 to the point, to-wit:- the downwardly projecting portion 81. The concavoconvc\'- portion 82 01 the horn is provided for the reception of the twisted sliver 12 to the end that as it rounds such portion, as is indicated in dotted lines at 83, the sliver will become somewhat flattened and untwisted so that when it passes over the smooth notch 84 in the margin 85 and is subjected to the greatly accelerated twisting action of the flier 45, it will immediately become tightly kinked as is clearly to be seen at 86 in Fig. 4, and is then ready for winding on the reel 46. The result of the twisting action of twist tube 26, bobbin 35 and parts associated therewitlnis temporarily to twist the portion of the sliver which is then untwisted by kinking horn 44. 1

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is the following: i

1. The combination with aspinning machine comprising a trumpet month, of a gillplate, a condenser, a twist-sleeve, a flier and bobbin for twisting a moving sliver, and means for kinking the twisted sliver and slightly flatting the same as it comes from the bobbin, all arranged for one continuous operation.

2. The combination with a spinning machine comprising a trumpet mouth, a gillplate, a condenser, a twist-sleeve, and a pair of fliers and bobbins or reels for twisting a moving'sliver, of means for kinking the twisted sliver and slightly fiatting the same as it comes from one of said bobbins or reels and is wound upon the other thereof.

3. The combination with a spinning machine eomprising a trumpet mouth, a gillplate, a condenser, a twist-sleeve, a pair of fliers and. bobbins or reels, for twisting a moving sliver, and means for imparting motion to said gill-plate, twist sleeve. fliers and bobbins, of means for kinking the twist-- ed sliver and slightly flatting the same as it comes from one of said bobbins and is wound upon the other thereof, and a frame common to and supporting all of said parts.

4. A spinning machine comprisin a primary twisting mechanism means or m0- mentarily partially untwisting a small portion of the sliver, means for flattening and means for finally kinking the sliver, secondary twisting mechanism for tightly twisting the kinked sliver, means for reeling the kinded sliver and means for warping the kinked sliver back and forth on the reel.

5. A spinning machine comprising a stationary sharp edge over which the sliver passes, means for controlling the speed of the sliver to and from such edge to produce tension in the sliver, primary twisting mechanism and secondary twisting mechanism rotated at substantially the same speed as said primary twisting mechanism where- MARIN US PEDER PEDERSON.

Witnesses:

ham, CARPENTER, WM, J. Ram. 

